A genealogical study of the antecedents of Calvin C. Stoner and Lucy C. Stoner of Shiremanstown, Cumberland County, Penna. and their descendants : with biographical sketches
An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species. To which are added, animadversions on certain remarks made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White, in a series of discourses delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester in England. Also, Strictures on Lord Kaims' [sic] discourse on the original diversity of mankind. And an appendix
Published by J. Simpson and Co.; [etc., etc.] L. Deare, printer,
Date of Publication
1810.
Physical Description
411 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Strictures on Lord Kaims' [i. e. Kames'] discourse on the original diversity of mankind": p. [307]-349.
"Appendix. Of the natural bravery and fortitude of the American Indians": p. [351]-411.
First published in Philadelphia in 1787.
"Remarks on certain strictures made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White" (p. [247]-306) was published in London in 1799 under title: An account of the regular gradation in man, and in different animals and vegetables.
The Engle history and family records of Dauphin and Lancaster counties. The numerous lineal descendants of Ulrich Engel. Short sketches of Engle families not related. A sketch of the arrival and record of the origin of the brethren in Christ church of which a large number of these descendants are menbers
Brenneman-Keagy roots and branches : the family history of Daniel Brenneman (1834-1919) and Susannah Keagy (1839-1908), their ancestors and descendants, including surnames Beery, Burkholder, Funk, Huber, Gochenauer, Good, Miller, Schenk, Steiner, and many others
Law miscellanies: containing an introduction to the study of the law : notes on Blackstone's Commentaries, shewing the variations of the law of Pennsylvania from the law of England, and what acts of Assembly might require to be repealed or modified; observations on Smith's edition of the laws of Pennsylvania; strictures on decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and on certain acts of Congress, with some law cases, and a variety of other matters, chiefly original
Gilbert family history : the story of John Gilbert who emigrated in 1682 from Cornwall, England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and some of his descendants : including the Walton and Rakestraw families, and an account of the Indian captivity of the family of Benjamin Gilbert and Elizabeth Walton
An essay on privateers, captures and particularly on recaptures : according to the laws, treaties, and usages of the maritime powers of Europe : briefly stated according to the modern law of the nations of Europe ... The rights and duties of neutrality
John Wiant of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania : a history of the Wian-Wion-Wyan family in America and Australia through eight generations, with notes on the possible origins of the family in Germany and colonial Pennsylvania, and including brief histories of the allied Pennsylvania families of Gerberich, Graf, Jäger, Moser, Schwab, Stober, and Wagner
An essay on the learning respecting the creation and execution of powers : and also respecting the nature and effect of leasing powers in which the doctrine of the judgment delivered by the Court of King's bench, in the case of Pugh and the Duke of Leeds, and the principal authorities for and against it, are considered
